Peel It Back

Life is but a shadow without the lust of light,
And the skin becomes as a brittle shell,
Peel it back and let the shadows out,
Let the light within,
Peel back your skin,
What you have inside you is brighter than the brightest star,
How could I not see it?
I do,
Peel back your skin,
It's just skin,
My hands are dancers and here to entertain,
See their every movement as a tribute to your flesh,
My lips are but courtiers plying you with poetry,
Feel their every caress as proof of my lust,
And this skin you hide inside is just a house for who you are,
Peel it back,
Peel back your skin,
Let me touch and taste and tantalize,
For these are the things I do,
The things I do well,
Let me know you in the way that I have learned to know,
See here the truth I find,
See here the stories I know,
Peel back your skin,
I will strip it off and away,
Be vulnerable to me,
For to wound you is nothing,
To know you is everything,
And this is how I know you,
Touching, fondling, caressing, lusting,
But first rid yourself of the hinges and hangings the world has put on your body,
Dripped onto your soul over the years,
It is only skin,
You won't need it here,
I have a dozen fantasies and desires that only wait a word,
And I can share them all,
This skin, this suit of armor you have cultured from your birth,
Take it off and throw it away,
You won't need protection,
And I trust that when you are at last aware, you will realize you won't need it,
Not here,
So this skin goes,
And you come out,
Peel it back…